1.
Barriers to alcohol and other drug treatment use among Black African and Coloured South Africans
Bronwyn
Myers
BMC Health Services Research 2013, 13 :177 (17 May 2013)
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Patient advocacy and DSM-5
Dan
J
Stein,
Katharine
A
Phillips
BMC Medicine 2013, 11 :133 (17 May 2013)
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Editor’s summary
Dan Stein and Katharine Phillips comment on the patient experience that has helped define the psychiatric classification of obsessive-compulsive spectrum disorders (OCD) in DSM-5, and describe the importance of taking patient opinion into account.
3.
“Communicate to vaccinate”: the development of a taxonomy of communication interventions to improve routine childhood vaccination
Natalie
Willis,
Sophie
Hill,
Jessica
Kaufman,
Simon
Lewin,
John
Kis-Rigo,
Sara
De Castro Freire,
Xavier
Bosch-Capblanch,
Claire
Glenton,
Vivian
Lin,
Priscilla
Robinson,
Charles
S
Wiysonge
BMC International Health and Human Rights 2013, 13 :23 (11 May 2013)
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4.
Integrating HIV care into nurse-led primary health care services in South Africa: a synthesis of three linked qualitative studies
Kerry
Uebel,
Andy
Guise,
Daniella
Georgeu,
Christopher
Colvin,
Simon
Lewin
BMC Health Services Research 2013, 13 :171 (7 May 2013)
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Conducting health survey research in a deep rural South African community: challenges and adaptive strategies
Marisa
Casale,
Tyler
Lane,
Lebo
Sello,
Caroline
Kuo,
Lucie
Cluver
Health Research Policy and Systems 2013, 11 :14 (24 April 2013)
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6.
Environmental and occupational respiratory diseases – 1040. Associations between asthma and bronchial hyper-responsivness with allergy and atopy phenotypes in urban black South African teenagers
Michael
Levin,
Rudzani
Muloiwa,
Cassim
Motala
World Allergy Organization Journal 2013, 6 (Suppl 1):P39 (23 April 2013)
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Early clinical signs in neonates with hypoxic ischemic encephalopathy predict an abnormal amplitude-integrated electroencephalogram at age 6 hours
Alan
R
Horn,
George
H
Swingler,
Landon
Myer,
Lucy
L
Linley,
Moegammad
S
Raban,
Yaseen
Joolay,
Michael
C
Harrison,
Manigandan
Chandrasekaran,
Natasha
R
Rhoda,
Nicola
J
Robertson
BMC Pediatrics 2013, 13 :52 (10 April 2013)
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8.
The role of inflammation in HPV infection of the Oesophagus
Georgia
Schäfer,
Siti
Kabanda,
Beverly
van Rooyen,
Martina Bergant
Marušič,
Lawrence
Banks,
M Iqbal
Parker
BMC Cancer 2013, 13 :185 (9 April 2013)
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9.
Crises in the South African abalone and Chilean loco fisheries: shared challenges and prospects
Maria
Hauck,
Gloria
L
Gallardo-Fernández
Maritime Studies 2013, 12 :3 (25 March 2013)
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Host adapted intramammary infections in pregnant heifers which were co-housed and reared on fresh milk as calves
Inge-Marié
Petzer,
Joanne
Karzis,
Maia
Lesosky,
Johanna
C
Watermeyer,
Renette
Badenhorst
BMC Veterinary Research 2013, 9 :49 (15 March 2013)
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A bibliometric analysis of childhood immunization research productivity in Africa since the onset of the Expanded Program on Immunization in 1974
Charles
S
Wiysonge,
Olalekan
A
Uthman,
Peter
M
Ndumbe,
Gregory
D
Hussey
BMC Medicine 2013, 11 :66 (14 March 2013)
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Editor’s summary
Since the onset of the Expanded Program on Immunization, vaccine research productivity in Africa has skewed towards those funded privately, with minimal research input from African authors, suggesting a need for better communication between all stakeholders.
12.
Barriers to the participation of people with psychosocial disability in mental health policy development in South Africa: a qualitative study of perspectives of policy makers, professionals, religious leaders and academics
Sharon
Kleintjes,
Crick
Lund,
Leslie
Swartz
BMC International Health and Human Rights 2013, 13 :17 (11 March 2013)
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13.
Ethnic differences in alcohol and drug use and related sexual risks for HIV among vulnerable women in Cape Town, South Africa: implications for interventions
Bronwyn
Myers,
Tracy
L
Kline,
Felicia
A
Browne,
Tara
Carney,
Charles
Parry,
Kim
Johnson,
Wendee
M
Wechsberg
BMC Public Health 2013, 13 :174 (26 February 2013)
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14.
Potent in vivo anti-malarial activity and representative snapshot pharmacokinetic evaluation of artemisinin-quinoline hybrids
Marli
C
Lombard,
David
D
N’Da,
Christophe
Tran Van Ba,
Sharon
Wein,
Jennifer
Norman,
Lubbe
Wiesner,
Henri
Vial
Malaria Journal 2013, 12 :71 (21 February 2013)
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Editor’s summary
In vivo testing, using the Plasmodium vinckei mouse model, of synthesized artemisinin-aminoquinoline hybrids. A snapshot pharmacokinetic analysis was carried out on one of the hybrids to get an indication of the pharmacokinetic properties of this class of anti-malarial drugs.
15.
Developing program theory for purveyor programs
Christa
Oosthuizen,
Johann
Louw
Implementation Science 2013, 8 :23 (19 February 2013)
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The influence of microbial physiology on biocatalyst activity and efficiency in the terminal hydroxylation of n -octane using Escherichia coli expressing the alkane hydroxylase, CYP153A6
Oluwafemi
A
Olaofe,
Caryn
J
Fenner,
Rama Krishna
Gudiminchi,
Martha
S
Smit,
Susan
TL
Harrison
Microbial Cell Factories 2013, 12 :8 (25 January 2013)
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Information technology systems in public sector health facilities in developing countries: the case of South Africa
Gregory
B
Cline,
John
M
Luiz
BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making 2013, 13 :13 (24 January 2013)
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Characterization of HIV-1 gag and nef in Cameroon: further evidence of extreme diversity at the origin of the HIV-1 group M epidemic
Marcel
Tongo,
Darren
P
Martin,
Lycias
Zembe,
Eitel
Mpoudi-Ngole,
Carolyn
Williamson,
Wendy
A
Burgers
Virology Journal 2013, 10 :29 (22 January 2013)
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19.
The impact of sectoral minimum wage laws on employment, wages, and hours of work in South Africa
Haroon
Bhorat,
Ravi
Kanbur,
Natasha
Mayet
IZA Journal of Labor & Development 2013, 2 :1 (17 January 2013)
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Quality assessment and data handling methods for Affymetrix Gene 1.0 ST arrays with variable RNA integrity
Katie
S
Viljoen,
Jonathan
M
Blackburn
BMC Genomics 2013, 14 :14 (16 January 2013)
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Mobile phone text messaging for promoting adherence to anti-tuberculosis treatment: a systematic review protocol
Mweete
D
Nglazi,
Linda-Gail
Bekker,
Robin
Wood,
Gregory
D
Hussey,
Charles
S
Wiysonge
Systematic Reviews 2013, 2 :6 (16 January 2013)
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Fasting substrate oxidation in relation to habitual dietary fat intake and insulin resistance in non-diabetic women: a case for metabolic flexibility?
Madelaine
T
Carstens,
Julia
H
Goedecke,
Lara
Dugas,
Juliet
Evans,
Jacolene
Kroff,
Naomi
S
Levitt,
Estelle
V
Lambert
Nutrition & Metabolism 2013, 10 :8 (14 January 2013)
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The impact of an employee wellness programme in clothing/textile manufacturing companies: a randomised controlled trial
Naila
Edries,
Jennifer
Jelsma,
Soraya
Maart
BMC Public Health 2013, 13 :25 (11 January 2013)
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Negative pressure wound therapy management of the “open abdomen” following trauma: a prospective study and systematic review
Pradeep
Navsaria,
Andrew
Nicol,
Donald
Hudson,
John
Cockwill,
Jennifer
Smith
World Journal of Emergency Surgery 2013, 8 :4 (10 January 2013)
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A diverse array of genetic factors contribute to the pathogenesis of Systemic Lupus Erythematosus
Nicki
Tiffin,
Adebowale
Adeyemo,
Ikechi
Okpechi
Orphanet Journal of Rare Diseases 2013, 8 :2 (7 January 2013)
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